Political Logics of Anticorruption Efforts in Asia

Cheng Chen is Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her books include The Return of Ideology: The Search for Regime Identities in Postcommunist Russia and China and The Prospects for Liberal Nationalism in Post-Leninist States. Meredith L. Weiss is Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her many books include Student Activism in Malaysia: Crucible, Mirror, Sideshow and Protest and Possibilities: Civil Society and Coalitions for Political Change in Malaysia.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Theorizing Anticorruption as a Political ProjectCheng Chen and Meredith L. Weiss Part I. Anticorruption Driven by Private Interests 1. Anticorruption Campaigns, Regime Change, and the Proprietary Polity: The Philippine Case 23Antoinette R. Raquiza2. Fighting Corruption When Corruption Is Pervasive: The Case of Indonesia 49Edward Aspinall Part II. Anticorruption Driven by Party Loyalty 3. (Anti-)Corruption and Partisan Bias in Taiwan’s NewspapersChristian Goebel4. Rust Removal: Why Vietnam’s Historical Anticorruption Efforts Failed to Deliver Results, and What That Implies for the Current CampaignEdmund Malesky and Ngoc Phan Part III. Anticorruption Driven by Political Institutionalization 5. Anticorruption Politics in Thailand: From Regime Institutionalization to Sovereignty WarsMichael K. Connors6. Korea’s Anticorruption Struggles: Fighting against NetworksRay Dongryul Kim7. The Evolution of China’s Anticorruption StrategyAndrew WedemanConclusion: The Comparative Study of Anticorruption Campaigns: Where Do We Go from Here?Rudra SilContributorsIndex

"This book features excellent case studies rich in empirical detail, which provide robust pictures of the complex political contexts of anticorruption campaigns." — Roselyn Hsueh, author of China's Regulatory State: A New Strategy for Globalization